Business Against Crime South Africa (BACSA) was established in 1996 in a response to a call from the then President Mandela for the business community to become involved in the fight against crime.

BACSA’s vision is to be one of Government’s strategic partners in leveraging a rapid and substantial reduction in crime, to enable a safe and secure South Africa.

BACSA’s mission is to support and to influence Government to rapidly and substantially reduce the levels of crime in South Africa:

• Through gaining a deep level of understanding of, and contributing towards,    Government’s overarching strategic objectives and priorities; 
• Through the deployment of appropriate business skills to facilitate the enduring enhancement of structures, organisation, systems and processes in the relevant Government departments; 
• Through assisting Government to implement a carefully defined portfolio of projects which measurably improve JCPS performance and institutionalise best practices;
• Through the transfer of appropriate business and process skills relating to governance, management and leadership;
• Through mobilising businesses to enhance practices to combat crime.